Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 5 |
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... according to the usual custom , be printed as Exhibits of the Journal . COUNT RUSCONI asked whether it would not be more logical to first decide whether such a fixed ratio was possible , before studying the doc- uments and discussing ...
... according to the usual custom , be printed as Exhibits of the Journal . COUNT RUSCONI asked whether it would not be more logical to first decide whether such a fixed ratio was possible , before studying the doc- uments and discussing ...
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... According to the Coinage laws of Great Britain , 1869 sovereigns or pounds sterling are to be struck out of 40 pounds troy of Gold { } fine . The pound troy containing 12 ounces , it follows that the ounce of Gold 1⁄2 fine , which is ...
... According to the Coinage laws of Great Britain , 1869 sovereigns or pounds sterling are to be struck out of 40 pounds troy of Gold { } fine . The pound troy containing 12 ounces , it follows that the ounce of Gold 1⁄2 fine , which is ...
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... According to the various monetary laws this relation should have been-- In the year 1526 , in England .... 1542 , 66 1551 , in Germany . 1559 , 66 1561 , in France .. 1575 , 66 11.30 11. 10 11.17 11.45 11.70 11.68 It was only after the ...
... According to the various monetary laws this relation should have been-- In the year 1526 , in England .... 1542 , 66 1551 , in Germany . 1559 , 66 1561 , in France .. 1575 , 66 11.30 11. 10 11.17 11.45 11.70 11.68 It was only after the ...
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... According to the fineness or proportion of alloy there are in the world two great systems of Gold Coins : that of the fineness of 4 , and that of the fineness of 1 . Beside these , there are only Egypt , Mexico , and the Phillippine ...
... According to the fineness or proportion of alloy there are in the world two great systems of Gold Coins : that of the fineness of 4 , and that of the fineness of 1 . Beside these , there are only Egypt , Mexico , and the Phillippine ...
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... According to Mr. Feer - Herzog there was all the less reason for sur- prise at the effects of the Law , from the fact that the Law had brought about no change , or very little change , from the situation as it existed before the passage ...
... According to Mr. Feer - Herzog there was all the less reason for sur- prise at the effects of the Law , from the fact that the Law had brought about no change , or very little change , from the situation as it existed before the passage ...
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Page 299 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Page 769 - His Majesty the King of the Belgians; His Majesty the King of Spain...
Page 349 - ... issued primarily by the Bank of England and in a secondary manner by the country banks, the variations of which in relative value may be as indefinite as the possible excess of that circulating medium. But whether our present measure of value, and standard of prices, be this paper currency thus variable in its relative value, or continues still to be gold, but gold rendered more variable than it was before in consequence of being interchangeable for a paper currency, which is not at will convertible...
Page 677 - The bills and notes of the bank originally made payable, or which shall have become payable, on demand, in gold and silver coin? shall be receivable in all payments to the United States.
Page 461 - ... One gold piece, equal in weight and value to ten units, or dollars. One gold piece, equal to a tenth part of the former, and which shall be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall also be a unit or dollar. One silver piece, which shall be, in weight and value, a tenth part of the silver unit or dollar. One copper piece, which shall be of the value of a hundredth part of a dollar. One other copper piece, which shall be half the value of the former.
Page 113 - All the rivers run into the sea, and yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers came, thither do they return again...
Page 461 - The largest copper piece will nearly answer to the half-penny sterling, and the smallest, of course, to the farthing. Pieces of very small value are a great accommodation, and the means of a beneficial economy to the poor, by enabling them to purchase, in small portions, and at a more reasonable rate, the necessaries of which they stand in need. If there are only cents, the lowest price for any portion of a vendible commodity, however inconsiderable in quantity, will be a cent ; if there are half...
Page 443 - ... would, probably, be a greater evil than occasional variations in the unit from the fluctuations in the relative value of the metals, especially if care be taken to regulate the proportion between them with an eye to their average commercial value.
Page 443 - Hamilton, in his able and invaluable report in 1791 on the establishment of a mint, declared that " to annul the use of either gold or silver as money is to abridge the quantity of circulating medium, and is liable to all the objections which arise from a comparison of the benefits of a full circulation with the evils of a scanty circulation.
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